Dispensing apparatus



A. DAHLSTRQM 29227,@69

DISPENSING PFARATUS Filed March 2l, 1958 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 A. DAHLSTRQM 7,069

DISPENSING APPARATUS l Filed March 2l, 1938 4 Sheets-Sheet ,3

A. DAHLSTROM 2,22 7,069

DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed March 2l, 1958 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Dec. 3l, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPENSING APPARATUS Arvid Dahlstrom, Chicago, Ill., assignor to James E. Johnson, Chicago, Ill.

Application March 21, 1938, serial No. 197,155

16 claims. (ci. S12- 35)` This invention relates in general to dispensing apparatus and has more particular reference to a novel ejecting mechanism whereby a selected] for the delivery of coins, tokens or similar articles with or without tickets.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved electrically controlled dispensing apparatus wherein by closing a selected one of a plurality of electrical circuits, a predetermined number o-f coins may be ejected.

Another object is to provide a novel dispensing apparatus for delivering a predetermined number of coins with or without tickets wherein the number of coins as well as the number of tickets, if any, may be varied.

' A further object of the invention is to provide an improved dispensing apparatus which may be remotely controlled.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved dispensing apparatus which is electrically controlled and which may be utilized as a unit in any kind of a machine that is to be used for the delivery of coins, tokens or similar articles with or without tickets.

Other objects will appear from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. l is a perspective view of a machine embodying the features of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a `wiring diagram of the machine;

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof with portions of the casing broken away or otherwise removed to -reveal the working parts of the apparatus;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the lines 4 4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary cross-section taken substantially along the lines 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken substantially along the lines 6-6 of Fig;

3; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detailed view showing certain parts of Fig. 6 in an operated position.

Illustrative of the invention, as shown more or less diagrammatically in Fig. 2, a coin or token magazine A is associated with an ejector B. The ejector B is drivable by operating means including a suitable motor C operable to eject one token or coin at a time from the magazine for delivery to a suitable delivery chute or tray D. l

The motor C is preferably of the electric type and is in an electrical circuit including adjustable switch means E having switch operating means F which, upon energization of the motor C, will automatically operate the switch means E to interrupt the motor circuit when the ejector -B has been operated through a selected Qne of a` plurality of predetermined numbers of ejecting operations. For predetermining the number of ejecting operations through which the ejector B is operated by its operating means,va plurality of individually operable switch means G are connected in circuit with the motor C and the switch means E. j

Each such switch mean-s G is adapted to cooperate with the switch means E to cause the mo` tor C' to operate the ejector B through a certain number of ejecting operations and thereupon to I stop the motor. The switch means G and the switch means E are adapted to cooperate with switch means H and with switch adjusting means J controlled thereby for changing the number of ejecting operations corresponding to any parti-cular one of the switch means G. Another switch means shown at K in Fig. 2V is adapted to control means L for resetting the switch means E to its initial position after operation thereof and for cancelling any adjustment of the switch.

ber normally ejected in response to the operation of that switch means G so that by operating the switch mean-s H one or more times, the number of coins ejectedin response to the operation of 1.

any switch means G willbe varied, depending upon the number of times the switch means H is operated. And by closing the switch means K. l

the machine is restored to its initial position.

As shown in Fig. 2, the switch means G, H and K may be remotely positioned with respect to the other apparatus and may be` operable by any suitable means. In another form cf the inven-` tion, those switch means are, as shown in'Fgs.

1 and 3 to '7, arranged in a suitable casing I'I and are adapted to be operated by a plurality of depressible keys or members I2 for the switch means G,.a depressible key or member I3 for the switch means H, and a depressible key or member I4 for the switch means K.

As best shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the casing II includes a substantially rectangular plate I5 and a box-like hood I6 adapted to receive through its open bottom the plate I5 which is suitably secured therein as at I1 intermediate the top and bottom of the hood I 6. The plate I5 serves as suitable mounting means for the magazine A1 illustrated as a coin stacking tube I8 secured on the plate I5 in upright relation by a supporting bushing or bracket I9 having a laterally extending arm 2| secured as at 22 on the plate I5.

The coin stacking tube I8 is arranged to cooperate With the ejector B Which includes means for transferringy onercoin at a time from the bottom of the' stack to anaperture 23 in the plate I5 communicating with the inner end of the delivery tray D. As illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4; the transferring means of the ejector B comprises a substantially cup-shaped member 24. It has an annular bottom of substantiallyl theisame' thickness as the intended coin and the-annularr` bottom is provided with a plurality of coin receive" ing and transferring apertures therein which are equidistant from its center and which arespacedfrom one 'another about the center vof -the bottom: The` cup-shaped` member is provided` with'an upstanding peripheral -wall or iiange 25 andtis rotatably mounted as at `21 withv its apertured` bottoml adjacent 4the plate .-I5. The-cupshaped-member 24 is so mountedon the plate I5 that the coin receiving and transferring apertures 25--are adapted -successively to Vregister withV the aperturei23vin-the plater I5 -when the cup-shaped 54member is rotated; Thecoin stacking .tube I8 Iis sovarranged and mountedl on-theplate I5 that its lower end extends into thecupeshaped member to apositionadjacent thel bottom thereof and vis lat.

A Ythe same distance from lthe -center of Vrotation Lof L'the cup-shaped member as. are the -coin receiving anol-transferring apertures 25.`

- Various meansmay be employed zforoperating i the coin transferring member-24.l Illustrative of suitable .operatingmeansthe. electric motor C is mounted as-at.28ontheplate I5 land is vprovided f' lof `th`eeje'c't'or `B` fis provided with a. Vpluralityof lugs" or teeth which are arranged Ain spaced relation` about theperiphery of the cup-shaped member andwhich extendt laterally outwardly from `the"upstanding"'f1ange 23.Vj Thosejlugs 35 lare "adapted 'to `cooperate 'with' the switchoperating meansrFforioperating the switch means'E'in controllingthemotor C whereby the lejector-B is automatically stopped' after ithas been-operated through'thenumber of ejecting-operations predetermined -by the `switch means G.

The-*switchmeans'E 'comprises va plurality` of di'svcI-likgme'mber's 35,*"1 eachA carrying a series of electrical contactportion's 31= which are substantially f-arcuatel'y y`vsha-pcd and fof different lengths *and*y which'A are`-concentricallyarranged with `re-v f A Thel members `331'are ixed in spaced relation; on i and are-rotatable.- with a 1 specttovonehanother.

shaft738 isijournaled Tat its opposite ends .inia pairv ofspaced plates 39 and 4lj'upst'anding1 Vfrom:t1"ie'.plate I5. The Isucceeding disc-like members 33 are held in .spacedrelati `mfrorn` one another :by.,suitablespacers `42 on the shaft 38.

an arm143=` x'edY on" the shaft and projecting -radiallytherefrom 4is adapted" to' cooperate with a bracket "or member l44 secured on the plate I5-- and aextendingmpwardly therefrom for limitingy the frotationioff'the` shaft 38 and the disc-like` members`33 inv one direction.

Thel contacts portions 31 of the Adiscs 35 are ref spectively engageable by a plurality of contact strips or arms 45 which are fixed in spaced relation on and are rotatable with a shaft 45 journaled at its opposite ends in the plates 39 and 4I. Ihe contact strips 45 are insulated from one another and from 'the shaft 46 bysuitable insulating spacers 41. The arrangement is such that in the-normal positions of the shafts 33 and 43 with the arm 43- engaging the stop bracket 44, each contact strip 45 makes electrical Contact with, for example, the outermost contact portion 31 of the corresponding disc-like member 35 and will remain in such electrical contact during the rotation of the shaft 38 in a counter-clockwise direction, asviewed in Fig. 4, throughout the length of the engaged'arcuate contact position.. Y.

The operating means F, as already., stated, is actuated by -lugs 35 to rotatev the shaft 38 in step by step increments, onestep for each ejecting'op.-

eration of the ejector B. Each contact portionA 31 on each disc-likel member 35 isl made ofy a length such that after the kshaft .38 isthus rotateda certain-number of steps-.the contact portion 31 will disengagethe corresponding contactA strips 45, whereby to cause the switch means E to interrupt the'circuit of the motorI C after the motor Vhas driven the ejector through a predetermined number of ejectingoperations. The operating means F which I have found suitable for accomplishing such a resultV is illustrated as comprising a ratchet 48 fixed to rotate with the shaft 38 `and-spaced from the plate V4I by a shoulder 48and from the end disc-like member 36 by a shoulder 49. A spring 5I has one end. thereof secured-.asat' 52- `to the shoulder` 43.- The other end of the spring` is secured to a stud52 lanchored on the plate I5 for yieldably holdinglthe shaft'33 in a position at-which the arm 43 engages the stop bracket :44 and for` returning the shaft to that position when theswitch means K'is operated for resetting the switch means E.

For rotating the shaft 38 kin the Vopposite direction against the action of the spring 5I, a pawl 53 `having an Yoperating projection 53 at one end is pivotally mounted asat54 on .and intermediate the ends of an arm: 55 whichV has one end pivoted as at 56 to the plate 4I adjacentthe plate I5 and which' hasits opposite end extending rearwardly therefrom and carrying at its outer end a lug or other member` 51V which has its lower edge beveled or otherwise configured as at 58 for lifting engagement by succeeding lugs 35 during-thefrotation of the cup-shaped member 24. A suitable spring 59 tends to urge the pawl 53 into drivingirelationship with the ratchet 48 when a lug 35 moves the arm 55 upwardly labout its pivot to drive theshaft 33 and the disc-like members '36 'in a counter-clockwise direction, asl viewed in Fig. 4, i. e., toward the open position I5 may be employedfor vguidingfthe movement of the arm 55.V

Thus, by suitable spacing time a Vcointransferring aperture 25 is moved from registration with the coin stacking tube I8 toregistration withthe aperture 23, the lug .35 will swing the arm 55 upwardly andpermit it to return to its lower position whereby to rotate the of the lugs 35, each` tact portions 31 of the discs 360i various lengths.j ranging from a length substantially equal to that ratchet 48 yand hence "the shaft 38 :and the discs f 36 a denite distance. By arranging the condenite distance to a plurality of lengths equal `to successive multiples of that deiinite distance,

I have succeeded in providing switch means which .may be operated to stop the ejector afterA any onerof a plurality of numbers of predeterminable ejecting operations.

The switch means G for predetermimng the. number of ejecting operations comprises a plu-f rality of pairs of contact carrying strips 62 which aresecured in suitable insulating strips 63 on the plate I5. Each pair of the contactcarrying strips 62 is provided with` cooperable contacts 62 and is electrically connected in circuit with one of the contact strips 45. For selectively operating the contacts 62', the keys l2, I3, and I4 are .each provided with shanks 64, 64a, and 64hy respectively,` depending through apertures in a The Ilower ends of portion 65 of the casing Il. the shanks64,l64a and 64b extend through elongated apertures 66 in .a plate or bracket 66 secured as at 65' beneath the casing portion 65 `to y the-casing end for slidable movement laterally of i the casing.

Each `shank 64 is provided with an inclined projection providing a shoulder 64' for camming the plate 66' against theaction of a suitable i spring 6U `in one direction when the corresponding button |2- is depressed. As the shoulder 642. during the downward movement of the shank 64, clears the plate 66', the lower end of the shank closes the contact 62' and the spring' 6I) moves the plates 66' in the opposite direction tozengagement on the shoulder for releasably latchingV the depressed shank 64 in its contact closingY position. The shank 64b has a cam projection 64e intermediate its ends for moving the plate.

66' in a direction against the action of the spring 60 to disengage the shoulder 64' of any depressed 1 shank 64 whereby a spring 61 returns the key-` I2 and shank 64 to their contact open, positions,

Springs 16 are provided for returning the but' tons I3 and I4 andtheir respective shanks 64a. and 64b to the positions shown in Fig. 5 after each operation thereof. shank 64 are adapted to close the corresponding pair of contacts 62 wherebyto select the contact strip 45 which shall be effective for stopping the ejector after it has been operated through.` the number of ejecting operations corresponding f to the operated key l2.

An object of the present invention is to provide means for varyingthev number of coins which will be delivered in response to the operation of For that purpose, the shaft 46 is" any key I2. mounted for rotative .adjustment whereby the contact strips 45 may, upon succeeding adjustments of the shaft 46, be causedto engage the' succeeding contact portions 31 of the respectively corresponding disc members 36. In that manner the required number of ejecting operations to .cause the pawl 53 and ratchet 48 to index the shaft 38 suiiiciently to move the contacting portion 31 out of electrical contact with the selected contact stri-p 45 may be increased or otherwise changed. y

'Ihat is accomplished by rotatably mounting the shaft -46 and fixing a ratchet-like member 63 at an end thereof. The shaft 46 is yieldably held in its initial position (Fig. 6) with the ratchet- `like member 6a engaging e step er iimit pin ss projecting laterally outwardly from the plate 4I Each key I 2 and its by' a spring 1l anchored 4attone end asiat 112to or other :radial :projectionf13 i on the shaft 46..

The ratchet-like member 68 is operable to index I the shaft 46 against theaction of the spring 1 I by a pawl'14pivoted intermediate the ends of a lever l15wwhich'isr loosely pivoted fat one end on the shaft 46between the plate: 4I `and the ratchetlike member68. I .r

`The other end of the lever is offset to extendoutwardly fromthefplate 4I andtheoiset portion, as shown'best inv Figs. 3 and 6; is provided at its outer end with a .lateral projection 16 'which is loosely pivoted on a' pin 11 secured Ain the upper end of areciprocable plungerrorfmember 18. A spring 19 is employedtourge the paw114 toward engagement withl the ratchet-like member 68.` The pawl14is provided with an arm or other projection 8| which `is engageable with a pin 82 on the plate 4I for limiting the movement' of the lever 15in: one direction and for` disengaging the v ing each operation thereof to cause the pawl 14 to. rotate `thewratcl'iet-like:` memberl 68 and hence the shaft 46 a deiinite distance whereby to rotate the contact strips 45 from engagement with one set of contact portions 31 into engagement with the next .succeeding group of contact portions 31.4 j I l Such means as illustrated comprises'a Solenoid coil 84 arranged on the plate I5 outwardly adjacent the upstanding plate41l tomove the reciprocable plunger 18 in a directionto cause the pawl 14A to `engage and to drive. the-ratchet-like lmember :68; The solenoid coil B4 is` electrically connected in series with the 'switch -means Hand a suitablesource of electrical energy diagrammaticallyshown at 85 in Fig. 2 by conductors 86and 81'. i

For returning the plunger 1.8 and the pawl 14 to engagement with the pin 82, a' spring 88 has one end securedto'lthe'lateral projection 16 of the lever l15. The otherend of that spring is secured to a detent pawl 89 pivoted as at 9| to the upper end of the'plate 4| and having adetent arm 92 yieldably urged lby the spring 88 into `engagement withthef teeth of the ratchet 46, a detentarm 93 yieldably' urged by the' spring 8B into engagement with theteeth of the ratchet-like member 63,` and an arm 94 for simultaneously moving the detent arms `92 and 93 against theaction of the spring 88 out of engagement with the ratchet 48 and the ratchet-like member 68. vThe arrangement is such that the vdetent arms 92 and 93 permit rotationiofthe `ratchet 48`and the ratchetlike member 68 by the driving pawls 53 and 14,` respectively, but normally prevent reverse rotation of those ratchet members while the respeci tive driving pawls arebeing returne'dto their initial positions..

The resetting and'c'ancelling means L is adapted toactuate the arm v94 to swing the detent arm 92 .away from the ratchetll and into engagement with `the operating projection 53'ffor moving bothth pawl.53 andthe'detent 'arm92 out of engagement with `the lratchet 46 and at the same time `to swing` the .detent arm 93 out of engagement with the Iratchet-like member 66 toward a stopjpinfwon l the nplate ri4 I'.. The spring `vE I will Y thereupon .resetfv the *switch means @E l and :the

spring II .willlthereupon returnf'theratchetllike member 68 and-hence the :contact strips 45 i to l their initialwpositions.` As illustrated,the means L4 comprises Va v'solenoid having. a coilA 96 supported in series with one. sideoi the source l'of energy'85V and with each ofithecontact portions 3'I' of the switch meanssE` through th'efshaft 38 4*and the disc-like members 35S-thereon." Each of the'contact strips 45 of the switch means 'E-'is electrically connectable v'by'conx'luctors :1I 05 and Ill2A with the other side of the? source v ftoi'renergy through the corresponding one of. the. switch meansiG.

In operation, vanyffpair"ofrcontacts 62"'oi the switchmeans G may befclosed'.by'idepressing the corresponding fbuttonf' I2 yuntil the Ishoulder` 64 on' the button shank 64 vengages under the 'plate 66 f releasably latching'fthe button'in 'its depressed or contact closing position..V That closes an electrical circuit whichrexte'n'dsl from one side'of the source r 85 of ".energy;'throughr the `conductor I 02,

the closedpair ofcontacts 62'; the fconductor |85 and contact Astr'ip45 correspondingoto thefclosed -'pairocontacts 62'," theicontactportion 3'I engaged by that contact strip 45, the conductorrl 04', the motorC, and "back: to therother sideofthe energy 'source'85 b'yrwa'y ofi-'fthe conductor ID3.

In that "mannen'by' choosing onevof 'the buttons. y I 2, the .particular :disc-like member V36 yandfconly 4tact strip: 45 of `^theswitc'h v'meansfEg which shall' be effectivefr :controlling the operation lof the motor C, is predetermined. i

The motor :thus .energized "continues 'Sto fdrive -thericupishaped member 24 of the- .'ejectorB until the contact portion 31 of the disc-like member'B di'sengages vand lthereby"breaks "electrical contact with the 'contacttstrip 4'45f'corresponding to fthe depressed button: The operationfofthe cup-shaped members-.by the motor. causes the teeth35 to` coop:

erate with the `arIn"-'55"to actuate 'the pawl '53" whereby` the ratchet48', the shaft38 f and "the disc-likejmembers 36fare driven"or indexed with a stepby 'step movement towardz av position'at` which thefengagedcontact"portions 31 will disengage lthe contact strips; 45' and "will" thereby open ith'eY motorfcircuiti and "'cause the motor'to stop Whenthepredetermined contact strip 45 isv so disengaged bythe contacportion 3'I 'ci the "corresponding disc-likemember.' By spacing the teeth 35 the *same numberfof degrees apart as the transferring" kapertures-'25 land likewise spacing the coin Stackingitube- I9 from the delivery aperture-23,fthe. discelike 'members36 will be indexed one step toward the switch'openor motor stopping position 'for each ejecting operation through which the motor drives the ejector B.

Each-contact portion31 oftheswitch means E is of -suchlength thatv itwill'be rotated suiciently `to disengage thel corresponding-contact strip 45 afterv a :predetermined numberof: the indexing movements of 4the shaft 38 just described. 'Ihe outer contact portions 3'I of the respective disclike members provide for the numbers of such indexing f movements, andl f hence 'ejecting opera- '.as. illustrated; inl Fig; 2 l

asm-5069 tions,.v corresponding 4.rrespectively,-fior.':eXainple',:#to 4: the numbers appearing onthewbuttonsi 2 i'nFig; 1,? i. e., l. to 8 inclusive;` Thus,;with=the.appa. ratus setv asshown in Fig. 2, byv closing the "low-1 ermost pair-'of 'contacts'.in the switchfmeans; G; corresponding in Fig.' 1 to the button numbered 1, the motor willbe energizedi-suicientlyto drive the ejector; Bfthrough `one ejecting operation and .to indexthe shaft .13% vone step; at the; end of which the outermost contactifportionifSl of the disc-like' member 3fwill'disengagefthe corresponding contact strip 45k 'Y to` lopen the 'motor J circuit'. Likewise,whenzany one of-the'fbuttons: numbered"3,. 4 and .5 toff8,..inclusivegare' depressed,f the motor .will vdrive the ejector 'B'- through respectively correspondingi numbersy of ejectingr operations `which causes the shaftv 38' to be indexed'through respectivelyIcorresponding. V numbersof steps `tocausein each case'the deen-x ergization .of the. motor "after it has driven Vthe .g5

ejectorthrough the number of. ejecting operations corresponding to thenumbe'r of depressed buttons. f f' When it is desired to change the numberffoff ejectingv operations corresponding toea'ch ofth'e 25 buttons I2 'or'switchfmeans G,'the buttonM'isdepressed momentarily to close the circuitifins.` cludingthe switch meansI-I and the .solenoid coil 84. Eachftime that'circuit isV closedby'the switch." means H, the sol'enoidfoperate's :the .pawl' 'I4 to cause it to engagethe `'ratchet-like member 68 and to drive itand thelshaft `l'onestep in a di-f rection to move the Contact strips-'xed on the shaft 45 inwardly of the corresponding disc-like members 38 toward the shaft 38 as seen in. Fig. 2k' The spring 88; uponsopening of the switch means H and the consequent deenergi'zation of thesolenoid coil 84, returns* the pawl 'I4 to its position of .engagement withlthe pin 82 :causing the pawl to disengage the ratchet-likefmernber 68 asshown in fFig. 5, the detent arm 93 holding the ratchetlike member 'and hence theshaft'li and Contact strips 45 in advanced'position.v Each `suchstelzl of movement of the contact strip-sbringsthem into engagement with progressively'longercontact portions 3T on'the discs 36*whereby to in# crease the number'of Iejecting operations corre-I sponding to each button I2 or switch 'means G'. As illustrated,l the inwardly succeeding contact portions 3`I on'ea'ch disc-lilie'member 36 correspond to or represent thefsecond', thirdyfourth, ith and sixth multiples of the'number of eject'` ing operations represented kby or corresponding to the outermost Contact portions oithe respe'ctive disc-like members 38.' For example, the following table shows the number of predetermined" automatic ejecting operations.' resulting in the' illustrated embodimentofr the invention from; the operation of each button I2 lbefore .the button I4 f is operated and after each operation'of "the but# ton I4:

First. pressing button 14 three times First pressing button 14 once First pressing button v14 twice Buttons l2 only Button numbered When the switch means K is. operatedfb-y, for75,

example, depressing the `button I4, the shoulder `r cam portion 64o on-.the shank engages the plate 55':` and cams it against the action of the spring in a direction to causethe plate todisengage and release any button l2 which may have i previously-been depressedwhereupon the spring -S returns that-button I2 to its initial position.

The lower end of the shank of the button I4 during such depressingmovement closes the switch means 1K, thereby closing the circuit including Athe solenoid coil 96. Upon such energization of the` solenoid coil 93, plunger 91 is operated to vswing the detent pawl 89 in a direction about its pivot 9| against the action of the spring 88 to cause the detent 'ar-m92 to disengage the ratchet 48` and to move the pawl 53 out of engagement withit'he ratchet 48 whereupon the spring 5I returnsthe ratchet 48, the shaft 38, and the contact carrying disc-like members 36 to their initial positions. -Such movementof the detent pawl 89 at the same time moves the detent arm 93 out ofl engagement with the ratchet-like member 68 to permit the spring 'Il to return that ratchetlike member, the shaft 4I', and the contact strips 45 to their initial positions if they have been moved therefrom by- `operation of the switch `means H. The spring about the shank of the button |4'then returns the button to its normal position whereupon the spring 6|) returns the plate 65 to its initial position. In other wo-rds,

' the button |-4 and the switch means K constitute means for restoring the apparatus to initial position `and in addition for cancelling the setting of the contact strips 45 if it is desired to change such setting before the operation of any button VI2 'if desired, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, ticket dispensing means are associated with the ejecting 'apparatus already described for dispensing one Aticket foreach ejecting operation of the maoperatetherewith for engaging correspondingly *spaced feed'apertures |01 in a strip of tickets `Hi8-for advancing the strip of tickets a distance "equaltto Vthe length of one ticket during each 'ejecting operation of the cup-shaped member 24. The tickets' may' be stored in the form` of a roll |53 rotatably arranged on a stud or shaft I I in a compartment I I2 formed at one side of the casing I I having a removable cover ||3 to permit ready Vaccess thereto for inspecting and changing the ticketsnV yThe strip of tickets is then arranged about'the upstanding wall 25 of the cup-shaped will engage in the apertures IDI. The strip |5and having at its other end a depending por- -tion IIE engageable in an aperture II'I in the plate I5 forreleasably holding the guide member ing'uidingA relationship with the wall 26. 'I'he pivot I5, as shown in Fig. 4, comprises a screw or bolt IIS having a spring IIS arranged bei tween the head of the bolt and the guide member I I4 for releasably and yieldably holding the guide member in its latched position and providing i simple means `for facilitating unlatching of the lguide member `to permit loading the machine |09 rearwardly as seen in Fig. 3 toward a suitable chute |2| which communicates with the inside of the casing and extends outside thereof.- If desired, means are provided for severing the dispensed tickets from the strip and such means inf 5 cludes an arm or bracket |22 suitably secured as at |23 yon the plate I5, a shaft |24 journaled in the upper end of the arm |22, a blade or other cutting member |25 fixed on one end of the shaft |24 to rotate therewith, and a gear |26 10 fixed on the other end of the shaft |24 and meshing with the teeth 34 of the cup-shaped member 24. 'Ihe gear ratio between the gear |26 and the gear teeth 34 is such that the shaft |24 and hence the blade |25 are driven through a com- 15 plete revolution each time the cup-shaped member 24 is rotated through the angle separating succeeding teeth 35 and |06,or in other words, each time the cup-shaped member is driven through an ejecting operation. In that manner,` the strip of tickets is advanced the length of one ticket during each ejecting operation. By arranging the strip of tickets between the guide member |I4 and the cup-shaped member 24 and passing the free or outer end of the stripbetween the bearing arm |22 and the depending portion I I6 of the guide member and arranging the strip in driving relationship with the teeth and |06, the strip of tickets will be advanced one ticket at a time through an aperture |21 in the casing 30 I when the cup-shaped member is driven by the motor C. During each ejecting operation, one` ticket will be fed through the aperture |21 and the blade |25 will sever it from the strip of tickets, whereupon the severed ticket will fall into 35 the chute 2| which is readily accessible from outside of the casing II. Thus, the novel ejecting apparatusmay be employed as a changemaker for delivering a predetermined number of coins or for dispensing coins or `tokens generally 40 and where desired, may also dispense tickets as well as coins or tokens. j

While I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, '45 construction, and arrangement of the parts without departing from` the `spirit and scope thereof.

I claim:

1. In a coin delivery apparatus, the combination of coin ejecting mechanism, means for operating said mechanism, selectively operable means for energizing the last said means for a predetermined number of cycles of operation, and means for adjusting said selectively operable means to vary the number of cycles of operation predetermined thereby.

2. In apparatus of the class described, a coin, ejecting mechanism, an electrical motor for operating said mechanism, selectively operable switch means for controlling the operation of said moto-r 00 each said switch means being adjustable to cause the energization of said motor for operating said ejecting mechanism a plurality of predetermined numbers of ejecting operations, and means for adjusting said switch means to predetermine the' 05 number of ejecting operations caused by the operation of any said switch means.

3. In apparatus of the class described, rotatable coin ejecting mechanism, an electrical motor for rotating said ejecting mechanism, adjustable switch means for selectively controlling the number of ejecting operations through which said motor drives said ejecting mechanism, and means for adjusting said adjustable means to cause said switch means to controlsaid motor for any one of a pluralityoi predeterminednumbers of ejecting: operations.

i. 4. In apparatus of the class described, an elec- V. rically actuated article ejecting means, a plurality of'individually operable electrical switches each controlling said ejecting ymeans for a predetermined number ofv ejeotingoperations, and

v.means for changing the number of ejecting operf-llU .ations caused by each said switch.

. energizingk said motor,` aplurality of adjustable v electrical contact members each adapted to be yelectrically connected in serieswith said source,

a second plurality of contact members each having contact portionsof different effective lengths,

said contact members corresponding in number to the number `of said first contact members and respectively engageable therewith, Ymeans for moving the second mentioned contact members step by step whereby to cause a Contact portion Ithereof to Adisengage the respective first mentioned contactmembers after a predetermined number oi steps of ymovement, means for 'connecting a selected one of said second mentioned contact members in series with vsaid source of electricalenergy, and means for adjusting any one ofl said rst contact members into circuit closing relation with any of the contact portions of the corresponding second contact members for varying the number of article removing operations.

6. In a coin delivery apparatus, the combination of. a coin magazine, rotatable means for successively ejecting coins from said magazine includiriga rotatable member, an electrical motor i iorrotating said rotatable member, a source of electrical energy, an electrical circuit for supplying lelectrical energy from said source to said motor, adjustable switch means in said circuit havinga plurality of adjustable switch contacts and respectively complementary contact members of different lengths engaging said adjustable contacts, means actuated by said rotatabler member for `moving. said contact members ,step by4 step toward a switch open position, and ,means for selecting the complementary contact, and Acontact vmember for controlling said motor .whereby to l predetermine. the .numberof ejecting roperations ,of saidl rotatable member.

'7.y Ina4 condelivery mechanism an..article ejector, electrically actuable..means therefon ,-means. for` supplying..v operating current thereto, means forstoppingsaid ejector after a .preden termined number of ejecting operations comprising. an'electrical switchhaving a member.. with a .plurality .oi contact .portionsmovable onestep toward aswitchopen direction for. each ejecting operation, and. anA .adjustablemember engageable l with any,A of .said .contacting portions, and `electromagnetic `meansnor adjusting said. adjustable member for engagement-with any one of. said contact portions.

g8.y In a, ticket dispensing apparatus, the combinatien of ticket, dispensing mechanism, rr-ieans f for operatingsaidfmechanism, selectively 4operable -meansfor energizing; the, last saidfmeans for a ,predetermined number of cycles ooperation, and

means for adi sting.said selectively operable means .t varythe; number; 0f .Cycles ofi-operation ,p recletermined'y thereby.

. -i-motor-each said switch means being adjustable to cause the energizat-ion of said motor foroperatng saiddispensingA mechanism a4 plurality of predef .terminati numbers. v.01E f dispensing, operaticms,V and means for adjusting said switchv means, to predetermine the number` of `dispensing operations-l `ca useclby-the operation of any said switch means.

10. Inv4 apparatus of the classv described, rotatabletick-etlA dispensing -mechanism, an electrical .motor for 4rotating said dispensing mechanism,

adjustable switchmeans for` selectively control-i.

.ling `the number of dispensing operations through `,whichsaid motor drives said dispensing mechanism,-- andmeans for adjustingv said adjustable means to cause .said switch means to control said `motor -for anyl one of a plurality ofpredetermined;

- numbers of dispensing operations.

llnlnlapparatus of the class described, elec trically actuated ticket disperising-means a plurality` ofindividually operable electrical switches eachfcontrolling said dispensing mechanism kfor ai Y predetermined number of `dispensing' operations, and means for changing the number of dispensing operationsl caused by'each said switch.

12. In a ticket dispensingapparatus, the combination of afticketfmagazine, rotatable means for.v

successively dispensing tickets vfrom said magazine including a rotatablemembenan electrical motor icrrotating saidfrotatable I memb'er,l a source of velectrical energy, an electrical circuit for supplying electrical energy from` said source to said motor, adjustable switch means in said circuit having a plurality of adjustable switch contacts and respectively complementary contact members of different lengths engaging said adjustable contacts,- means actuated by said rotatable-member for moving said contact members ,stepybystep toward a'switch open position, and means for selecting thecomplementary contact and contactmember for controlling said motor whereby `toV predetermine thenumloerv of dispensing operations of said rotatable-member.

f- 13. In an articledispensing apparatus, a magazinefcr the articles tovbe; dispensed, means for removing thelarticles from themagazine one at a time, a motor for operating said means, means for controlling-the operation ofthe motor for determining the ,number of articles to be-removed from the magazine by said removing means, said controlling means comprising a rotary switch memberhaving a plurality of contact portions of l diierent lengths and an adjustable contact member, ,adapted to be moved from one of said portions to another, Imeans connecting said switch member and contact member in the motor circuit, means for closing the circuit `through saidswitch and contact membenmeans for moving said switch member Astep by stepgin correlationwiththeA rel.moval of successive varticles by said removing means to a Aposition out of. Contact with said con- -ktact member t0` Open the motor circuit, and means for adjusting said contact member fromone to another of ,said contact port-ions for altering the duration ofoperation ofthe motor` and effecting a predetermined variation in thenumberof articles i removed vfrom said magazine.

14.An Aapparatus of the class described comf prising an article;-magazine, a, rotary dispenser l for dispensing articles therefrom, Va ymotor for operating said dispenser,` a circuit for,` supplying current tol the motor, arotary switch `comprising,

a plurality of switch plates each having a plurality of contact portions of different eiective length and a corresponding plurality of adjustable contact members each engaging one of said plates andl adjustable into engagement with any one of the contact portions thereof for varying the duration of operation o-f the motor for effecting the dispensing of a predetermined number of articles, a third plurality of switches each adapted to close the motor circuit through a selected one of said switch plates and the corresponding contact member, pawl and ratchet means operable from said motor for moving the switch plates step by step toward open position in accordance with successive article dispensing operations, and elec` trically actuatable means for adjusting said contact members in contact with one or another of said contact portions of the respective plates for controlling the number of dispensing operations.

15. In an article dispensing apparatus, an article magazine dispensing means for dispensing articles from the magazine, electrical means for actuating the dispensing means, control means comprising a switch having a rotary plate provided with a plurality of contact portions of different effective lengths and an adjustable contact member engageable with any one of said portions for predeterminlng the number of articles to be dispensed, a circuit comprising said switch for supplying current to said actuating means, mechanism for effecting the adjustment of said contact member into engagement with any one of said contact portions, and means for selectively controlling the operation of said adjusting mechanism.

16. Apparatus of the class described comprising an article magazine, means for dispensing articles therefrom, a motor for operating said dispensing means, a circuit for supplying current to the motor, a plurality of switches each adapted for inclusion in the motor circuit for selectively controlling the operation of the motor for dispensing a predeterminable number of articles, said switches comprising a plurality of movable plates each having a plurality of contact portions of different effective lengths and a corresponding number of adjustable contacts each electrically engaging one of said plates and adapted to be adjusted into engagement with any one of the contact portions of the respective plate, additional switches in the motor circuit each adapted to close the circuit through a selected one of said rst switches, means for adjusting said contact members for predetermining the number of articles to be dispensed, and mechanism operable by said motor for moving said switch plates to a position wherein the plate of the selected switch opens the motor circuit upon the completion of the dispensing operations.

' ARVID DAHLSTROM. 

